Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-18
EDUCATIONAL.
This space is devoted to the teachers of the
n micaiyS ana thelr interests Direct all com,-

Fellow teachers and school officers
of Jerauld county. We have been re-
quested to take charge of column in
the Herald during the coming winter
and see no reason why we should not
comply. We desire to have some teach
er or school officer in each township
send in a few lines every week COM
posed of any thing of an educational
nature that you think will be of inter-
est to those who are laboring for the
mental and moral improvement of the
rising generation. Since our teachers
do not have much access to the school
law we will have Sec. SO OF the Same,
published in our column.
Sec. SO. At least one Saturday in each
month during which the public schools
may be in progress, shall be devoted In
each township to township Institutes
or model schools and normal instruc-
ton and matters relating to methods
OF teaching, organizing, classifying.
and governing schools, and for the inn
provement of teachers, and two Satur-
days may be SO used at the discretion of
OF the township board. Such institute
shall be presided over by a teacher. one
OF the board or other person designa-
ted by the school board Each teacher
shall attend the full session of each In
stitute in the township contemplated
herein, and participate in the duties
and exercise thereof, or forfeit one days
wages for every days absence there
from, unless such absence is occasloned
by sickness Of teacher or others to
whom his or her attention is due. When
the county superintendent is present
he may preside ut and conduct such
institute; and it is his duty to visit and
inspect the schools of township i'm
mediately before his meeting with such
institute and then give special atten-
ton to the defects and needs of the in
struction and government of the
schools. The county superintendent
may convene the teachers Of two or
nY8ge townships, where the distance is
notStoo great, and require the presence
c. I'll the teachers of such townships at
such institute as often as once month
during the progress of the school; but
he shall not require such attendance
from any teacher when by distance or
otherwise it would impose a hardship
upon the teacher or cause such teacher
to neglect his school,.
1 have no disposition to make my
self prominent or to show my authori~
ty while making efforts to get these
Institutes started. / am simply striy=
ing to carry out the expectation of the
above quoted section. The institute
for Crow, Logan, Crow Lake and Pleas
ant townships, will be held at the Troll
lope school house in south west Pleas
ant upon the 3rd Saturday of each
month beginning with November 18th,
The institute for Media, ANNA, Viola
and Washington Springs townships
will be held at the Nesmith school,
house upon the 4th Saturday of each
month beginning with November Goth.
The institute for Cherry, Dale and AL
pena townships will be held at Dale
center school, house upon the LIST. Sat-
urday of each month beginning with
December 2rd. Programme next week.
Institute for Harmony and Marlar
will convene at the Titus school house
upon the End. Saturday Of each month
beginning with December 10th. An
nouncements for Blaine and Franklin
will he made later.
Programme of Teachers Institute: to
be held November Goth 1887, at the
Nesmith schcol-house in the north
west corner Of Viola township. Exer,
cises to begin at 10 o'clock a. m.
The first upon the programme will
be preliminary work and organization,
then the order of subjects will be taken
up as follows;
Benefits to be derived from teachers
Institutes; Mr.. W. L. Holden.
Music. ).
Give methods of teaching primary
geography, Miss Ella Hewitt.
How to punish disorderly scholars;
MIR, Chas. Beach.
History--how much tire should be
devoted to this branch; Miss Stanley.
81 Noon Recess.
Mu5ic.r
Spe!llng ulaLCn.
Primsry geography; Miss Kate
Mclean.
First lessons in numbers, Miss Jen-
ME Holcomb.
Music.
How can we induce patrons and
school officers to visit our schools.
Mrs. Nellie White.
Hardness; Mr.. N. E. Williams.
How to teach reading; Miss Sara
Fish.
Physical geography; Mr.. NJ. p. Dunn.
Music.
Advanced spelling; Mr. G. 0. Will
lianIs.
Cancellation. Mrs. Eta Wagne r.
General exercises; Mr.. Jesse Morse.
How to teach penmanship; Miss
Jeanette Richardson.
Hygiene Miss Ida Martln
Question box j. A. Ford.
The above notice is designed for the
teachers Of ANNA, Media, Washington
Springs and Viola TIC Wnships, and al
teachers who do not attend will be ex-
pected to forfeit one days wages in &C
corlance with Sec 80 of the school law
unless they can show satisfactory rea-
SONS for non-attendance.
This organization will hold its meet
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